---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning motor vehicles; prohibiting any state agency, city or county from regulating or restricting the use or sale of motor vehicles based on the energy source used; allowing state agencies and local governments to establish purchase policies regarding the energy source for vehicles."
description: "Concerning motor vehicles; prohibiting any state agency, city or county from regulating or restricting the use or sale of motor vehicles based on the energy source used; allowing state agencies and local governments to establish purchase policies regarding the energy source for vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2783"
citation: "Kansas HB 2783 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5e9baf9-091a-46fd-83f2-6bb31a32be2c"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2783/"
source_hash: "9b598f95e164253e426b37c8836dfafbf3af172a57dfd1eaaf323a9966e833b5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---

# Kansas HB 2783 (2023-2024) — Concerning motor vehicles; prohibiting any state agency, city or county from regulating or restricting the use or sale of motor vehicles based on the energy source used; allowing state agencies and local governments to establish purchase policies regarding the energy source for vehicles.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2783_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2783_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-02-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing: Tuesday, February 13, 2024, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 89 Nay: 30 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Hearing: Monday, March 11, 2024, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2024-03-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Olson `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-21** Senator Blasi raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- **2024-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Ruling of the chair was sustained Yea: 25 Nay: 15
- **2024-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 29 Nay: 9 `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Thursday, March 28, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 4, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5e9baf9-091a-46fd-83f2-6bb31a32be2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).